12 yrs. The biggest issue is that she lied about her finances during all this time. Three days before she filed for child support she emptied out his bank account. He had just gotten out of the military, and it was hard to change that direct deposit. For the six months that he got severance pay, she'd go at midnight and take out all his money...while she was getting child support. They were in two different states. Where I live, your child support is factored into any assistance you get. I don't know if it's different where she is, but it seems like she's getting off to well...

My brother paid $900 a month for several years because of the dishonesty of his daughter's mother (she had him paying for a child that wasn't his...she had a friend in the CS office). He fought it and got it lowered to $185.